Destruction of Benign Lesion

Destruction means the ablation of benign, premalignant or malignant tissues by any method, with or without curettement, including local anesthesia, and not usually requiring closure. It can be located anywhere on the body. Methods of destruction include electrosurgery, cryosurgery, laser and chemical treatments. Lesions include condylomata, papillomata, molluscum contagiosum, herpetic lesions, warts, (e.g., common plantar, flat) milia or other benign, premalignant (actinic keratoses) or malignant lesions. 

Your doctor may remove a benign lesion in any of these ways:

• Cutting it off. Skin tags may be snipped off with a scalpel or surgical scissors.
• Freezing it with liquid nitrogen. Your doctor will swab or spray a small amount of super-cold liquid nitrogen on the skin tag. You might have a small blister where the skin tag was, but it will heal on its own.

The procedure may hurt a little, but your doctor will numb the area with an anesthetic before he or she begins. If the procedure causes any bleeding, your doctor may apply a medicine that helps stop the bleeding. Then he or she will put a bandage on it. These procedures usually leave no scars or marks.